Three more charged in kidnapping of Oconee County man

A fourth man was charged Friday in the Nov. 14 kidnapping of a Farmington man.

Deputies arrested Curtis Michael Bonman, 30, of Augusta, at a location in Richmond County, where he remains without bond, Oconee County sheriff’s Chief Deputy Lee Weems said.

Weems declined to discuss Bonman’s role in the kidnapping.

Two other suspects were arrested Thursday, one in Augusta and another in Jones County.

“We’re proud of not only being able to get these two apprehended, but we’ve developed leads that may take this case even further,” Sheriff Scott Berry said about Thursday’s arrests.

The sheriff’s office had the assistance of the U.S. Marshal’s Office, and the Richmond County and Jones County sheriff’s offices in the arrests of the suspects, he said.

Derrick Demetric Ingram, 36, of Haddock, a community in Jones County, and Karin Tanja King, 38, of Augusta, are both charged with burglary, false imprisonment, kidnapping and aggravated assault. Bonman is charged with the same offenses.

The suspects knew they were being sought, Berry said.

“They didn’t offer any resistance, but they didn’t make it easy for us to find them. But we were able to put the grab on them,” he said. “Jones County deputies had a surveillance on (Ingram’s) home and were able to see him sneak into his house.”

One suspect, Justin Darquel Jackson, 24, of Augusta, was arrested the day of the kidnapping when he went to a location in a Watkinsville shopping center to collect a ransom. However, officers were laying in wait for his arrival, authorities said.

But the arrests don’t put an end to the investigation into the kidnapping of Detrick Favors, 40, who was taken at gunpoint from his home on Brown Road.

The ransom amount is still being withheld, Berry said, adding that authorities have developed information that will broaden the investigation.

“I won’t go into it, but we have information on a motive,” he said.

Ingram and Jackson remain in the Oconee County Jail without bond and King remains in jail with bond set at $50,000.